US EditionHullo Ferries Workers Promise Strike Vote After Contract Talks Reach Impasse
Hullo Ferries workers, representing 86 employees, vote on strike authorization after nearly a year without a collective bargaining agreement and declared impasse by employer.
- Eighty-Six Hullo Ferries employees begin voting on strike authorization today, with the vote open until Tuesday and results expected next week, the B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers' Union announced.
- After exchanging proposals for nearly a year, collective bargaining talks continue as employees who joined the BCFMWU in April 2024 vote on strike authorization, citing wages and schedules as key issues.
- Hullo said it is willing to continue talks and CEO Ryan Dermody wrote, `To honour the integrity of the negotiation process, we are committed to keeping the specifics of these important conversations at the bargaining table`.
- The union warned there are various forms of job action possible, with a full strike requiring 72 hours' notice; union negotiating committee members who work at Hullo Ferries remain prepared to continue bargaining.
- A strike authorization vote follows stalled talks and could disrupt fast-foot-passenger sailings between downtown Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, and downtown Vancouver, mainland.
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B.C. unionized Hullo Ferries workers hold strike vote after negotiations stall
The union president for workers of a fast ferry service that shuttles foot passengers between Nanaimo and downtown Vancouver says its members are voting on a potential strike after talks with the company broke down.
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Unionized Hullo Ferries workers in B.C. hold strike vote after negotiations stall
VANCOUVER — The union president for workers of a fast ferry service that shuttles foot passengers between Nanaimo and downtown Vancouver says its members are voting on a potential strike after talks with the company broke down.
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